Internet Tax Bill Takes a Step Forward

After a decade of stop-and-go progress on passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act, the Senate voted today on legislation granting states the power to collect sales tax from online retailers, clearing the Senate with 70 votes. Now it is the House’s turn to begin consideration of the bill.

With only 65 co-sponsors and a House Judiciary Chairman, Bob Goodlatte, who has reservations about it but has vowed to hold a hearing on the bill,  proponents in the House have an uphill battle.